Thursday, September 14th, 2017

The Zambia national soccer team has moved 18 places up the FIFA ladder according to the September 2017 FIFA rankings released in Zurich on Thursday. Zambia is now the highest ranked team from the Cosafa region. The Chipolopolo who ranked 96th in August now stand at 78th in the world and are back in the top 20 in Africa standing on position 16. This is the best upward movement the Chipolopolo has recorded since winning the 2012 Africa Cup in 2012 when they moved 28 places up the ladder. SinceRead More

Red Bull Salzburg head coach Marco Rose has named Zambian striker Patson Daka in his squad which has travelled to Portugal for the UEFA Europa League fixture against Vitoria de Guimarães. Salzburg play their Group I opening match away to Vitoria SC at the Estadio Dom Afonso Henriques on Thursday evening. The group also contains Olympique de Marseille (France) and Konyaspor (Turkey) whom the Austrian side is scheduled to play on 28 September and 19 October 2017 respectively. Daka has been promoted from Salzburg’s academy side FC Liefering. He madeRead More

To the readers in Zambia, Wada is the other name of Chipolopolo head coach, Wedson Nyirenda. But here I am refereeing to the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA). Yes, football needs the World Anti Age Fraud Agency (WAAFA) more than Wada. Albeit few cases of Age cheating have been brought to the book, many footballers are small boys trapped in an elderly body. The truth of the matter is, Age cheating is not just something in our imaginations. It is real and all of us; the media, fans, administrators, intermediariesRead More